Gianmaria Testa (17 October 1958 - 30 March 2016) was an Italian singer-son… Read Full Bio ↴Gianmaria Testa (17 October 1958 - 30 March 2016) was an Italian singer-songwriter.
He was born in Cavallermaggiore near Cuneo (in Italy’s Piedmont region). He grew up in a family of farmers and taught himself to play guitar, writing his first songs as soon as he learned his chords. Before the start of his musical career he was station master at the Cuneo railway station.
Gianmaria played and sang in several local rock bands before discovering his true, solitary vocation. In 1993 and 1994 he won first prize at the Recanati Festival for emerging singer-songwriters, where he met a French producer who took a liking to his demo tape. His first CD, Montgolfières, came out on Label Bleu in 1995. Gianmaria’s warm, dusky voice tells stories of wind and memories, earth and fog, objects that soar from one horizon to another and ladies in train stations (“Donne nelle stazioni”) who head off on someone else’s arm without looking back. His music is personal and richly melodic, flecked with accents of tango, bossa nova, habañera and jazz, but as spare and essential as a pencil sketch, imparting great beauty with simplicity and directness.
Testa died 30 March 2016, in Alba, Piedmont, Italy.
He was born in Cavallermaggiore near Cuneo (in Italy’s Piedmont region). He grew up in a family of farmers and taught himself to play guitar, writing his first songs as soon as he learned his chords. Before the start of his musical career he was station master at the Cuneo railway station.
Gianmaria played and sang in several local rock bands before discovering his true, solitary vocation. In 1993 and 1994 he won first prize at the Recanati Festival for emerging singer-songwriters, where he met a French producer who took a liking to his demo tape. His first CD, Montgolfières, came out on Label Bleu in 1995. Gianmaria’s warm, dusky voice tells stories of wind and memories, earth and fog, objects that soar from one horizon to another and ladies in train stations (“Donne nelle stazioni”) who head off on someone else’s arm without looking back. His music is personal and richly melodic, flecked with accents of tango, bossa nova, habañera and jazz, but as spare and essential as a pencil sketch, imparting great beauty with simplicity and directness.
Testa died 30 March 2016, in Alba, Piedmont, Italy.
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Gianmaria Testa Lyrics
Biancaluna C'é una luna questa sera Che la tocchi con le mani Lentame…
Canzone del tempo che passa Saluteremo dalla nostra finestra il tempo che passa e se…
Comete Faccia attenzione signore c'é una luna che cade stasera …
Gli amanti di Roma Sui ponti di Roma gli amanti son tanti Ma quanti,…
L'albero del pane Di passi la strada di passi e di sabbia il confine dovunqu…
La tua voce Portami via da qui Fuori da questa stanza Con le…
Lampo Tu mi guardi così Ma la vita è un attimo…
Lucia di notte Niente, non guardavo niente neanche se la gente non ci…
Non Ti Aspetto Più Non ti aspetto più Neanche se quando ritorni Ritornasse un…
Petite reine Un toréador dans l'arène c'est ça l'amour petite reine u…
Polvere di gesso Io ogni mattina ascolto l'alba E la sera il tramonto…
Quello che vale Tu lo sai si tu lo sai quello che vale…